You always teased Sevika. She had dark eye bags, and slightly droopy eyes. You liked to call her your “sleepy baby”, because you would never know if she was actually tired or if she just looked like that.

So in response to your teasing, she did it back. She nagged you about how she didn’t get enough sleep, and that your sleeping schedule was so bad that you looked more tired than she did. She even made fun of that fact that you wore pink pants to bed, and you made her wear matching ones.

But one day, you were feeling a little tired. Determined to not let Sevika be right, you drank two whole bottles of Gatorade to try and stay up. It didn’t work. So when you guys were cuddled up, in the middle of watching a movie, you closed your eyes. She noticed, but didn’t say anything. And only a few moments later, you fell asleep. She chuckled to herself, a smug grin plastered across her face.

“I knew it, baby..” she whispered, kissing the top of your head as she traced soothing circles into your back.